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Formats and Editions
1. Monsieur Charpentier Raises the Curtain 01:47
2. Ciacona - la Roue Du Hamster 04:25
3. Alma's Gavotte 04:26
4. Pasquini's Slow Drag 02:57
5. Double Talk (A Fugue) 04:37
6. Croc-En-Jambe, Chute Fatale 03:30
7. Gavotte en Rondeau (Rondeau No. 24) 04:38
8. Affettuoso 04:03
9. Vivaldi 156 04:51
10. Fuge, Flucht Und Bedrängnis 02:32
11. Canarie 02:50
More Info:
The new recording from the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic series captures a moment rich in both history and renewal, marking the series' fiftieth concert while paying tribute to Siggi Loch's early triumph as a producer with George Gruntz's pioneering Jazz Meets Baroque in 1964. Six decades later, pianist Bernd Lhotzky revisits and reimagines this groundbreaking dialogue between eras, drawing a compelling parallel between Esperanto's vision of universal communication and the shared expressive language of baroque music and jazz. The two traditions meet not as contrasts but as kindred forms: jazz infuses baroque with rhythmic vitality and improvisational freedom, while baroque lends jazz it's structural depth and ornate richness. The stage opens up to reveal a German-French ensemble: two wind players of French origin and the three members of a German rhythm section, all of them happy to be united through music.
